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• </c> measure over another. measure over another.
• </c><04:15:50.880><c> I</c> one party or one measure over another.
• I one party or one measure over another.
• </c><04:16:39.439><c> No</c> measure or one party over another.
• No measure or one party over another.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Mental health care is preventative care and is proactive care.
• Mental health care is preventative care and is proactive care.
• Number four is crisis prevention.
• Number four is crisis prevention.
• Number four is crisis prevention.

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• This is a reporting measure. Oh, it's purely about reporting? That's right.
• oh it's purely about reporting measure oh it's purely about reporting<00:18:04.960><c> that's</c><00
• </c> General's office to be able to prevent General's office to be able to prevent to<00:19:37.440><c
• that are appropriate to not only fine a business, but to prevent the conduct from harming anybody in
• that are appropriate to not only fine a business, but to prevent the conduct from harming anybody in

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 733-FN, a bill concerning third-party litigation financing (TPLF). Representative Cole, the prime sponsor, described TPLF as outside investors funding lawsuits in which they have no personal stake, arguing that the practice is largely unregulated, can involve foreign entities, increases litigation abuse, and contributes to higher insurance and consumer costs. He said the bill is modeled on an NCOIL proposal and would require disclosure of TPLF agreements, with guardrails and reporting requirements on specified pages of the bill. He also noted a couple of drafting fixes, including adding the word “knowingly” and incorporating a missing section later. Members raised questions about the bill’s foreign-entity language, especially the provision allowing a governor or the Department of Safety to designate a country as a threat to critical infrastructure. Representative Cole said he would have lawyers review that issue. Another member asked whether the bill would prohibit a party from obtaining outside funding for a lawsuit; Cole clarified that the bill is intended as a reporting measure, not a ban, and that disclosure would be required. He also said the bill is aimed at American citizens rather than foreign-backed financing, and that some states had considered caps on such arrangements, though this bill does not. Brandon Gratz of the Attorney General’s office testified that the enforcement language appears too limited, because it would allow only civil penalties and not broader Consumer Protection Act remedies such as injunctions or restitution. He suggested the Attorney General may not have meaningful authority under the bill as written and raised possible insurance-law issues. Commissioner D.J. Benton-Court of the Insurance Department said the disclosure could help insurers better assess risk and potentially soften the hard insurance market by improving transparency, competition, underwriting, innovation, and claims management. He also said the bill likely needs further work on jurisdiction and enforcement, and that the committee may need to coordinate with the Attorney General, Insurance Department, and possibly banking regulators. No vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• </c> It might have the effect of preventing It might have the effect of preventing some<03:01:16.560>
• </c> and this bill takes a more measured and this bill takes a more measured approach<04:17:45.800><c
• </c><04:21:56.120><c> between</c> measured the distance distance between measured the distance distance
• </c> education transformation in a measured education transformation in a measured way<04:45:57.640><
• And so the bill is intentionally measured in its implementation schedule.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• The President reminds members that, as a gambling measure, this requires a constitutional 60% vote.
• The amendments, all that does is add a section of Highway 12 as well to this crash prevention zone and
• All that does is add a section of Highway 12 as well to this crash prevention zone and provide some clarity
• for WSDOT on how to implement such crash prevention zones.
• requirements for Ecology's recommendations on post-2035 allowance allocations, ensuring those allocations prevent

Keywords: 904, all

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• fresh water for Everglades restoration, flood mitigation, to support our groundwater recharge, to prevent
• And part of that settlement agreement includes a gag order that basically prevents them from speaking
• We do think there may be some work that needs to happen in the language to prevent some potentially unintended
• But this is a good preventative measure.

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• I cannot imagine anyone opposing this common sense measure.
• in my research I've seen how coerced debt can ruin the credit of domestic violence survivors by preventing
• This bill is conservative in order to prevent Angela Litwin: Anyone from fraudulently misusing it.
• language in House Bill 362 that was passed back in the 85th session to be inclusive of solar tiles to prevent
• Now this is exactly what Chapter 2272 was supposed to prevent.

Bills: HB 431, HB 1522, HB 1922, HB 2467, HB 2468, HB 3228, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 4219, HB 4238, HB 4344, HB 4386, HB 4739

Keywords: HB 431, Texas Property Code, Property Code Chapter 202, solar roof tiles, solar shingles, solar energy device, homeowners association, HOA, property owners' association, POA, renewable energy, residential solar, distributed solar, roof-mounted solar, homeowner rights, architectural control, open meetings, public notice, transparency, government efficiency

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• Public testimony will be limited to two minutes, and I would ask that everyone try to prevent someone
• So, you know, we want to prevent those situations from happening.
• This measure passed the House...
• invested in education, infrastructure, and other vital services are instead being spent treating preventable
• , it calls for data in reporting on tobacco-related deaths and usage, and comprehensive tobacco prevention

Bills: HB18, HB742, HB754, HB1644, HB2187, HB1887, HB 1275, HB37, HB1503, HB1699, HB1700, HB2735, HB1741, HB1731, HB1675, HB18, HB37

Keywords: rural health, hospital funding, healthcare access, mental health services, financial stability, human trafficking, first responders, health care, training, reporting, protection, trafficking prevention, medical assistant training, health care facilities, hospital compliance, clinic compliance, anti-retaliation, whistleblower protection, employee reporting, good faith report

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• We're an advocacy group focused on prioritizing prevention, improving nutrition and fitness, and promoting
• Equipping physicians with nutrition education can help prevent disease, reduce healthcare costs, and
• We believe we need to focus on prevention as well.
• One that not only includes nutrition, but also addresses mental health, suicide prevention, cyberbullying
• Uh, Senate Bill 314 is a commonsense measure that ensures taxpayer dollars are used to nourish children

Bills: SB 25, SB 314

Keywords: nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health

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• We have five measures on today's agenda. Three are on consent.
• Okay, so we are ready to move to the first measure on today's agenda: AB 13.
• Is there anyone in the room wishing to testify in support of this measure?
• If you'd like to testify in support of this measure, please approach the microphone.
• There's a lot of work that needs to be done on this measure.

Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.

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• May they measure well the shortness of time and the length of eternity.
• May they measure well the shortness of time and the length of eternity.
• What will prevent a race to students?
• Their courage was beyond measure, badasses.
• </c> Their courage was beyond measure Their courage was beyond measure badasses. badasses. badasses.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• For legislation pertaining to substance abuse prevention and treatment.
• All of these excess costs could be preventable.
• Do we know how to 100% prevent fetal alcohol syndrome? Yes.
• Correct, for treatment and prevention.
• I mean, an ounce of prevention, right? Yes.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• </c><00:29:11.760><c> Um</c><00:29:12.320><c> in</c><00:29:12.640><c> this</c> for that safety measure
• Um in this for that safety measure.
• I do believe very strongly that there are places where guns create more danger than they prevent.
• </c> preventing chronic absenteeism. preventing chronic absenteeism. recognize<01:20:27.760><c> the</
• of chronic absenteeism on the prevention of chronic absenteeism and<01:25:51.120><c> truency</c><01:

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• and recording vital signs, different in children, triage, measuring and recording vital signs, different
• Without an alternative option, this bill could prevent eligible citizens from registering to vote or
• So you're saying that the state of Florida can prevent someone who believes that they are eligible to
• So I understand that it prevents a carbon tax—it creates a carbon tax prevention.
• A carbon tax—it creates a carbon tax prevention.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.

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• Subtracting testosterone from the male body artificially to prevent the normal physiologic changes that
• </c><00:24:16.080><c> the</c><00:24:16.200><c> normal</c> body artificially to prevent the normal body
• artificially to prevent the normal physiologic<00:24:17.240><c> changes</c><00:24:17.679><c> that</c
• This is why I oppose House File 12 and other such measures that declare unwelcome the trans youth that
• In that context, my main focus is primary preventive health care.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's a measure of credit hours, essentially. So, yeah, each FTE is counted as an F-15. Right.
• How do we measure success on this program?
• It prevents them from attending college at all.
• This cut has a direct, immediate, and measurable impact on life...
• It's generally available for preventive type services to help people get back on their feet.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• There does need to be proper guardrails to prevent abuse or fraud in determining, years or decades later
• And so since the establishment of SIBTF, we now have FEHA, ADA, to prevent disability discrimination.
• Proponents of the bill touted it as a cost-saving measure.
• However, Proponents of the bill touted it as a cost-saving measure.
• Life Reentry Program, an initiative that not only changes lives but strengthens communities in measurable

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation heard presentations on labor and public employment issues from the Employment Development Department (EDD), the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), and the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). The committee first focused on EDD Next modernization, where EDD described progress on online claims, call center upgrades, language access, fraud prevention, and the Integrated Claims Management System (ICMS). The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged closer legislative oversight, especially as the project moves into the most difficult phase. Senators asked about the revised timeline, total cost, fraud reduction, stress testing, transparency around change orders, and the decision to phase in disability insurance and paid family leave before unemployment insurance. EDD said the overall project cost remained about $1.2 billion, that it had no major cost overruns, and that it had saved more than $20 million by shifting some shared customer portal work into ICMS. The subcommittee then considered CWDB’s request for additional operational resources and trailer bill language to streamline reporting. CWDB and the Department of Finance said staffing had been expanded during the pandemic-era surge in grant funding and should now be reduced as one-time grant programs wind down. Senators questioned the proposed staffing reduction, arguing that workforce development needs remain strong and that the board’s policy role still requires adequate capacity. The committee also discussed a proposal to consolidate multiple annual and interim reports into a single biennial report, with LAO supporting the streamlining. Members asked about reporting for specific programs and the cost savings from reducing duplicative evaluations. A major portion of the hearing addressed DIR’s proposed reforms to the Subsequent Injury Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) and related workload funding. DIR and LAO described rapid growth in applications, a large and growing backlog, and sharply rising liabilities and employer assessments. The administration’s trailer bill would tighten eligibility, apply reforms to open cases, and use contemporaneous evidence and QME reports to document preexisting disabilities. LAO said the proposal largely matched its prior recommendations and would help return the program to its original intent. Senators raised concerns about fairness to pending claimants, the effect on workers with undocumented preexisting conditions, and whether the QME system could absorb the added workload. The committee also heard DIR’s request to eliminate vacant positions under a statewide vacancy sweep, with members objecting that some vacancies reflect unmet enforcement and safety needs rather than excess capacity. The hearing continued with DIR proposals for additional Cal/OSHA investigative staff, permanent changes to Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board petition deadlines, and apprenticeship-related funding increases. DIR sought 14 permanent positions for its Bureau of Investigation to handle serious workplace fatalities and injuries, and members emphasized the importance of timely investigations and family communication. The WCAB requested making permanent a 2024 change that starts the 60-day reconsideration clock when a case is transmitted rather than when the petition is filed; the board said this had reduced the number of cases awaiting decisions from 637 to 460. Finally, DIR proposed increasing apprenticeship training grants from $3 million to $20 million annually using the Apprenticeship Training Contribution Fund, citing an $80 million fund balance and workforce demand tied to rebuilding and infrastructure needs, and then began discussion of a separate request to expand pre-apprenticeship programs.

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• Is there anything in here that would prevent the historical or fiscal audit capability in the future?
• House Bill 181 by Representative Bacala provides for Medicaid fraud detection and prevention.
• House Bill 181 by Representative Bacala provides for Medicaid fraud detection and prevention.
• I get what we're trying to do, prevent fraud. But some of my concerns echo Rep. Laverdain and Rep.
• So you can show us and tell us what measures.

Summary: The committee first heard HB 1071, which creates a public records exception for certain aerospace facility and activity records, including blueprints, plans, technical data, operational documents, and security information tied to federally regulated work and contracts with the U.S. Department of War or intelligence agencies. The sponsor and several members emphasized protecting Louisiana aerospace and defense-related work, and the bill was reported favorably without objection. The committee then took up HB 181, as amended, which authorizes the legislative auditor to review confidential income tax records to help LDH verify Medicaid eligibility, and, after amendment, SNAP eligibility as well. Supporters said the bill would help identify ineligible recipients, reduce fraud, and improve the state’s error rate to avoid federal penalties; opponents argued tax returns are outdated and unreliable for current eligibility, could create false flags, and might burden or discourage eligible low-income residents. After extensive debate, the committee adopted Amendment Set 2633 and reported HB 181 favorably by a 10-6 vote. Later, the committee considered HB 250, which removes the requirement that immediate family members of appointed board or commission members disclose certain employment information, while leaving existing ethics prohibitions in place. The Ethics Board said the bill would not change substantive conflict-of-interest rules, only the disclosure requirement, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. HB 544, authorizing a citizen’s advisory referendum election, was briefly explained as a nonbinding, petition-driven local ballot question process, but the sponsor deferred it for further consideration and the committee deferred the bill. The committee also heard HB 1036, which clarifies when a group is considered a “committee” for campaign finance purposes by using a more objective spending threshold rather than the current “primary purpose” standard. Ethics officials said the change would give clearer investigative guidance without changing other disclosure rules, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, HB 210 was amended to address retroactivity concerns in a prior ethics-related provision affecting school board and local governing authority members employed by entities with contracts or business before June 5, 2024; the amendment grandfathered earlier situations while requiring disclosures going forward, and the bill was reported favorably as amended.

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• Prevention is important across the developmental stages.
• Currently, MassHealth covers and pays for preventive behavioral health services.
• Preventive care visits are incredibly helpful at all pediatric ages.
• Preventive visits can mitigate the risk of more serious concerns.
• It’s about equity, prevention, and compassion.”

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on a large group of behavioral health and insurance-related bills. Topics included expanding access to mental health services by allowing physician assistants to authorize Section 12 emergency holds and be recognized as licensed mental health professionals (H. 1131/S. 773); improving coverage for community behavioral health centers so commercial insurance matches MassHealth’s bundled outpatient and crisis services (H. 1276/S. 703); eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services (S. 718); extending detox and clinical stabilization coverage from 14 to 30 days and adding transitional support services (H. 1319/S. 772); requiring coverage for dual-diagnosis treatment in psychiatric facilities (H. 1277/S. 771); and preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness through coverage of coordinated specialty care and assertive community treatment (H. 1135/S. 709). The committee also heard bills on preventive behavioral health services for children (H. 1228/S. 802) and post-pregnancy mental health care, including postpartum depression and pregnancy loss-related care (H. 1314/S. 823).

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• </c> the two facilities just to prevent the two facilities just to prevent um<00:15:14.000><c> I</c><
• That was actually 19 acres when we measured it roughly a year ago.
• And while our prevention work is just beginning, that represents an important shift.
• From reacting after harm occurs to beginning to prevent harm before it occurs.
• The teen dating violence initiative, with the preventive of engaging our youth.

Keywords: 916, all